Dates: November 20, 2013

To add a new paragraph (f) to Article 3.7 of Law No. 54 of August 15, 1989, as amended, known as the “Law for the Prevention and Intervention against Domestic Violence”, for the purpose of establishing that the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, will have the obligation to notify the victim of this manifestation of violence, of the approach of the release of the perpetrator; to delimit the mandatory time to carry out the said action; and for other related purposes.

Date: March 5, 2014

To order the Government Commission and the Commission on Socio-Economic Development and Planning of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to conduct an exhaustive investigation into the collection and methodology used by the agencies of the Executive Branch in relation to statistical information of public interest, with special emphasis on the efforts and duties of the Planning Board and the Statistics Institute; to examine the methods of updating and reliability of the statistics collected by governmental entities; and evaluate the resources available for State statistical management and the legal framework that affects it, in order to identify needs, and to know, if necessary, to make any adjustments or amendments that promote the relevance, objectivity and correctness of information based on statistical data; and for other related purposes.

To add a new Article 20 of Act No. 209-2003, as amended, known as the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act, for the purpose of providing by law the Academies and Workshops Program of the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico; establishing a certification system for continuing education as a requirement for occupying and remaining in a position or position, or offering external consulting or advice, with the responsibility of collaborating or collecting data or developing statistical products in the statistical units of the agencies governmental; correct a technical error in paragraph (i) of Article 5 of the said Act; renumber subsequent articles; and for other purposes.